Thursday, August 28, 2014

Overview of the October 2014 Philadelphia Trumpet

PCG has released the latest issue of their recruitment magazine The Philadelphia Trumpet. Let us see what they have to say.

The magazine's circulation of 317,130 is ever so slightly less then its last issue (317,863). This is part of a gradual decline in circulation that the magazine has been experiencing since July 2013, which had a circulation of 335,797. As stated previously the magazine's circulation figures are stagnant.Way back in November 2003 its circulation was 313,400. Where is all the money going?

Gerald Flurry has an article claiming for umpteenth time that Germany is breaking away from America. This time Flurry blames the recent spying scandal for this. He and his predecessors have been saying this to spread fear for decades.

Richard Palmer (he who said the Srebrenica Massacre was just "a crime of passion") has a side article detailing the new head of US Army Europe.

Brad MacDonald has an article claiming Germany is starting to intervene within the Middle East. This is designed to reinforce the induced phobia that Germany is just about to launch nuclear World War III.

Stephen Flurry has an article saying the Obama Administration is mindlessly leading America into destruction and accusing them of ignoring crises around the world. This is designed to reinforce the induced phobia that America is on the verge of collapse. PCG and their predecessors have been screeching these false warnings since the 1930s.

Jeremiah Jacques has an article about how the world is so interconnected today with improved communications technologies.

Jeremiah Jacques also has an article insisting that President Putin will thrive. He says this because Gerald Flurry recently proclaimed President Putin to be the Prince of Rosh in Ezekiel 38 and 39 destined to lead the East into invading the Holy Land after the return of Christ only to be destroyed by the returned Christ. Who is Flurry going to say once Putin goes away before Christ's return?

There is an insert graphic describing the drought in California.

Gerald Flurry has an article describing the Former Prophets in the Old Testament. This article is designed to advertize his latest book, The Former Prophets: How to Become a King.

Brad MacDonald has another article insisting that the Druids are derived from the Biblical Israelites in order to spread the nonsensical and fanciful dogma of British Israelism. Silenced.co has shown that British Israelism is built on a foundation of sand. In fact DNA evidence refutes British Israelism.

Stephen Flurry has a little article praising the role of fathers in producing happy families.

David Vejil has a little article encouraging readers to pay attention to news and telling them how to do so.

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Hand in Hand for Syria

Keep Somalia's Remittances Open

I encourage readers to sign this petition from Oxfam calling upon the U.S. government to let the Somali diaspora continue to send remittance to their loved ones in Somalia.

Moves have been made to shut down such remittances from Somalis in America. Many Somalis need these remittances. The remittances to Somalia are larger than foreign aid contributions and are a lifeline to these people caught in trouble and turmoil.

It is true that HWA said that some Eastern European states would break away from Moscow's orbit and join the European Empire he said would arise at any moment. But he never talked of the Soviet Union collapsing. He did not teach that. Also he portrayed the rise of the European Empire to be far quicker then what has actually happened. In Mystery of the Ages Christ was supposed to return by 2005 at the most.

So assertions that the fall of the Berlin Wall somehow prove that HWA was right is just complete nonsense spread by people who, for whatever reason, are still in denial that HWA was a false prophet who merely talked out of his own "human reasoning".

Truth about Roderick C. Meredith

What sort of man is he? A man who could say things like this.

"Mr. Armstrong has reminded us again that we are to disfellowship any members who attend GTA's [Garner Ted Armstrong's] campaigns, church services or other meetings. Some of our weaker members apparently do not realize that this man is in direct rebellion against God and His government! We must not allow them, or ourselves, to rationalize about this matter, to try to "help the underdog," or in any other way lend support to one whose gross immorality, whose long standing "play acting" and hypocrisy, and whose direct insubordination to the Government of God has long been and is now a source of confusion and DIVISION among God's people. So, as per Mr. Armstrong's instruction, I charge and exhort every one of you faithful ministers of the living Christ to explain this in no uncertain terms to your members, to warn them about this cause of division and then to disfellowship any who consort with GTA or any of his fellows." (Roderick C. Meredith, Pastor's Report, May 21, 1979, pp. 1-2.)

David Robinson on Roderick C. Meredith

"During the ten years I have been an employee of the Worldwide Church, you have been poorly spoken of by most of the ministers and employees I have known. I vividly remember the absolute unbounded glee that was openly expressed by a good number of respected men in the church when you were first "shanghaied." [In 1972.] I could begin by naming names, which I am sure would shock you. I was one of the few who stood, where possible, for you. Your tenure as superintendent of ministers, as I believe the office was then called, was looked on as nightmarish. While you held office during the years of growth, most of those whom I know gave you very little credit for that growth. Almost everyone whom I know, whether they be former friends of yours, or continuing foes, recalls insensitive and terrible things you have done. Without exception, at least among my acquaintances, they all credit you with an unbridled lust for power and list you as one who is willing to pay the price of gaining that power, no matter what. I have, through many of the last few years, believed you had principles you would not violate. Many a man of experience in the church assured me of my error. Events have proven me wrong and them right. Mr. Armstrong has himself been widely quoted as saying of you that you were so righteous that you were so "righteous you were unrighteous." " (David Robinson, Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web, Chapter 16, p. 207.)

Of course it is impossible for me to personally verify these assertions but people deserve to know what this knowledgeable man had to say about him.